different between jargon vs bureaucratese

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?d???.??n/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?d???.??n/
• Rhymes: -??(?)??n
• Hyphenation: jar?gon

Etymology 1

From Middle English jargoun, jargon, from Old French jargon, a variant of gargon, gargun (“chatter; talk; language”).

Noun

jargon (countable and uncountable, plural jargons)

1. (uncountable) A technical terminology unique to a particular subject.
2. (countable) A language characteristic of a particular group.
3. (uncountable) Speech or language that is incomprehensible or unintelligible; gibberish.

Synonyms

• (language characteristic of a group): argot, cant, intalk
• vernacular

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

jargon (third-person singular simple present jargons, present participle jargoning, simple past and past participle jargoned)

1. To utter jargon; to emit confused or unintelligible sounds.

Etymology 2

Noun

jargon (plural jargons)

1. Alternative form of jargoon (“A variety of zircon”)

Further reading

• Jargon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Jargon in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
• "jargon" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 174.

Dutch

Etymology

From Old French jargon (“chatter, talk, language”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /j?r???n/
• Hyphenation: jar?gon

Noun

jargon n (plural jargons, diminutive jargonnetje n)

1. A jargon, specialised language

Finnish

(index ja)

Etymology

Borrowed from English jargon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?j?r?on/, [?j?r?o?n]
• Rhymes: -?r?on
• Syllabification: jar?gon

Noun

jargon

1. jargon

Declension

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a?.???/

Etymology 1

From Old French jargon, gargun ("cheeping of birds"), from a root *garg expressing the sound of the throat or referring to it. See gargouille, gargariser, gargoter.
The initial /?/ sound comes from a softening of /g/, as in jambe

Noun

jargon m (plural jargons)

2. jargon, specialised or unintelligible language

Derived terms

• jargonner
• jargonnesque

Descendants

Etymology 2

From Italian giargone. Doublet of zircon.

Noun

jargon m (plural jargons)

2. jargon, a zircon type

Descendants

• ? Catalan: jargó
• ? English: jargoon
• ? German: Jargon
• ? Greek: ??????? (giarkón)
• ? Russian: ??????? (žargón)
• ? Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ??????

  Latin: žargon, jargon

• ? Spanish: jergón

References

“jargon” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Middle English

Noun

jargon

1. Alternative form of jargoun.

Old French

Noun

jargon m (oblique plural jargons, nominative singular jargons, nominative plural jargon)

1. talk; chatter; conversation; talking

Descendants

• French: jargon
  • ? Czech: žargon
  • ? Dutch: jargon
  • ? English: jargon
  • ? Esperanto: ?argono
  • ? German: Jargon
  • ? Hungarian: zsargon
  • ? Macedonian: ?????? (žargon)
  • ? Polish: ?argon
  • ? Portuguese: jargão
  • ? Russian: ??????? m (žargón)
  • ? Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic: ????????

    Latin: žàrg?n

  • ? Spanish: jerga
  • ? Swedish: jargong
  • ? Turkish: jargon

Romanian

Etymology

From French jargon

Noun

jargon n (plural jargoane)

1. jargon, slang

Declension

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from French jargon.

Noun

jargon (definite accusative jargonu, plural jargonlar)

1. jargon

Synonyms

• argo

Volapük

Noun

jargon

1. gibberish
2. A jargon, specialised language

English

Etymology

bureaucrat +? -ese.

Noun

bureaucratese (uncountable)

1. (informal, pejorative) A style of language, typically used by bureaucrats, that involves jargon or euphemism to the detriment of broader understanding.
2. (informal, pejorative) Wordy, ostentatious talk or writing that resembles bureaucratic writing.

Synonyms

• officialese
• legalese

Related terms

• bureaucracy
• bureaucrat
• bureaucratic
• bureaucratically

Translations

See also

• legalese
• obfuscation